Tape Room & Warner Chappell Sign Ben Williams
Pictured (L-R, standing): Blain Rhodes (President, Tape Room Music); Ben Vaughn (President & CEO, Warner Chappell Music) and Ashley Gorley (Founder, Tape Room Music); (L-R, seated): Benji Amaefule, (Manager, A&R, Warner Chappell Music); Ben Williams and Caroline Hodson (Director, A&R, Tape Room Music). Photo: Luke Hutcherson
Tape Room Music and Warner Chappell Music have signed Ben Williams to an exclusive worldwide publishing deal.
“I couldn’t be more excited to be joining forces with Tape Room and Warner Chappell,” shares Williams. “I’m so excited to work alongside my close friends Caroline [Hodson] and Benji [Amaefule] and have some of the best people and best teams in my corner! Thank you to Ashley Gorley and Blain Rhodes for taking me under your wings and gearing up for what’s next as well as Ben Vaughn, Spencer Nohe and everybody at Warner Chappell who’s believed in me along the way! So excited to see what the future brings!”
Williams celebrated his first No. 1 hit at country radio with Megan Moroney’s double-Platinum “Tennessee Orange.” He also co-wrote the Platinum hits “I’m Not Pretty” with Moroney and “Narcissist” with Avery Anna, and earned nominations for MusicRow‘s Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year and AIMP’s Rising Songwriter of the Year in 2023.
“Ben is everything you could look for in a writer: talented, driven, and all around a great person,” shares Hodson, Tape Room Music’s Director, A&R. “He’s proven himself to be a staple in the Nashville community as a writer and a friend to many. We’re stoked to team up with Warner Chappell and couldn’t be happier to welcome Ben to the Tape Room family!”
“Ben has been off to an incredible start in his career due to his innate gift to meet artists and songwriters exactly where they are in their lives,” adds Amaefule, Warner Chappell Music Nashville’s Manager, A&R. “As a result, he’s crafted some of the most relatable and impactful songs hitting the format today. I’m excited to work with him and the Tape Room team to get his songs in the ears of folks across the country and around the world for years to come.”
